Posted on 05/06/2006 5:02:58 AM PDT by libstripper
WASHINGTON - Zolpidem tartrate, the sedative-hypnotic better known to wide-awake, stressed-out sheet kickers as Ambien, is an efficacious little helper if you ever thought you might go crazy from not sleeping. It's "Goodnight Moon" for grown-ups. You should take it only with some Charlie Rose. Now it's also become the new explanation for that which goes bump in the night: I took an Ambien, Americans are saying, and then I don't know exactly what happened.
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Today's excuse: "I took Ambien to go to sleep and didn't know what I was doing."
I have yet to hear anyone in the MSM question the pain killer statement by asking which ones he's taking. Ambien isnt nor that other one....
"I used Ambien and damaged a yacht at Martha's Vineyard. I did it again, but this time it was a car accident. Then, a few mights ago I did it again and got into another accident. Fortunately, nobody was hurt - and now that I've gotten caught in public with my pants down, I think I'll go into rehab. Ambien... It makes you do stupid things."
As the pattern emerges, it is obvious that Ambien is as dangerous as a firearm. Ambien forces you to take it against your will, and then forces you to drive or operate a motor vehicle. Just like a gun is self-loading, self-aiming, and self-firing.
Reality, probably got drunk, and also took Ambien, the two don't mix well. Like truth and liberal lies don't go together.
"I have yet to hear anyone in the MSM question the pain killer statement by asking which ones he's taking."
Yes, it's amazing isn't it?
We'll never know for sure but I suspect Ambien wasn't even in the picture. It is just a scapegoat.
Yet another glaring example of how stupid the elite Politico's think we all are.........
Maybe on the surface it looks like it will be a non issue but it better become the serious issue it is.
For an elected official to admit to drug addiction to the point that he is not able to function he needs to be kicked out of office and not to get away with it as his father did before him.
Especially since it is not the first time this has happened, they crucify a Republican who was not an elected official, Rush, because he was a Republican well democrats should not be let off the hook.
I agree, this is not done blooming yet. However I've just got an old empty Ambien bottle I'm going to keep with me at all times. If anything goes horribly wrong I can always say "What do mean they're all gone??"
;) stuff a Twinkie wrapper in it as well.
Didn't Ambien's manufacturer put out some type of notice a year ago or so stating that the drug's effects were still prevalent many hours after ingestion? I had a discussion with someone a few months ago about this; I thought everyone knew by this time that the drug is VERY potent, and that users should not drive or operate machinery until much later after taking the drug.
And if Kennedy actually went to a bar drinking, with Ambien in his system, he should be locked up instead of in rehab.
Yes, there were vehicles that would slip gears automatically without human control.
Yes, there are a number of unexplained sleepwalking episodes for those using Ambien. One of them is the family of a neighbor who had returned from a hospital stay for heart disease, then several weeks later after recovery was found a block away, naked in a Jacuzzi in the early morning hours having only gone to bed with his wife several hours before. They were both in their 80s and level headed. The family is also
It's called "Ambienesia."
Evidently he suffers from painful wakefulness.
Don't tell me--you were on Ambien when you posted, and that's why you quit writing in the middle of a sentence. ;-)
Wha,..I don't remember a thing...;^)
***As the pattern emerges, it is obvious that Ambien is as dangerous as a firearm. Ambien forces you to take it against your will, and then forces you to drive or operate a motor vehicle. Just like a gun is self-loading, self-aiming, and self-firing.***
You forgot to mention that Ambien makes your breath and clothes smell like alcohol and makes waitresses imagine that they saw you in a bar within hours of the accident. Patches needs a keeper! Or better cover stories.
I love the stories about the Ambien taking eaters.
They gain weight. They don't know why.
There are a few clues. Peanut butter on the sheets. Fridge door left open. Mass quantities of food remains on kitchen counter and table.
But at least they aren't driving.
I think you hit the nail square on the head
I don't know about that, I take Ambien quiet often. Use to have a beer before I went to bed, and use to have the beer also with the Ambien. I never drove while on the drug, at least I hope I never did. But never the less from past experiences I could see how this event could be the result of the two. Ambien is something you want to definitely something you want to take precautions with, no alcohol, no other drugs, and no meals before, need to take it on an empty stomach. For some reason a full stomach kind of erases its effect, kind of weird in that effect. Don't take the regular Ambien anymore, but take the time released CR one, lot more predictable.
Trying to watch an additional 15 to 45 minutes of TV don't work to good either, you just waste electricity while sleeping.
Cool, thanks for the info. I definitely like first hand experiences. I took Ambien for about a week and I was luck that it even put me to sleep, but I'm a strange bird. I don't deny that these problems probably exist. I just find it rather convienient in this situation.
>>I took an Ambien, Americans are saying, and then I don't know exactly what happened.<<
Apparently 4% of Americans sleep walk without Ambien and that percentage is not measurably different with Ambien according the Fox's talking head M.D.
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